Barney's Gang
{{Short description|Canadian children's television series}}
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Barney's Gang is a Canadian children's television series which was shown on CBC Television in 1958.
Premise
This series was produced in Vancouver and hosted by Barney Potts, a singer-comedian. Children were featured in reports of various places in the Vancouver region. Other segments featured children's hobbies and storytelling, such as legends of the First Nation,s accompanied by drawings.{{cite web | url=http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/programming/television/programming_popup.php?id=675 | first=John | last=Corcelli | date=February 2005 | title=Barney's Gang | publisher=Canadian Communications Foundation | accessdate=7 May 2010 }}
Scheduling
This half-hour series was broadcast on Fridays at 5:00 p.m. (Eastern) from 2 May to 24 September 1958.
Cast
Children in the cast included Lynton Gormely, Bruce Jagger, and Bernie Eisenstein.
References
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External links
- {{Cite web|url=http://www.film.queensu.ca/CBC/B.html |first=Blaine |last=Allan |title=Barney's Gang |publisher=Queen's University |year=1996 |accessdate=7 May 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150601000000/http://www.film.queensu.ca/CBC/B.html |archivedate=1 June 2015 }}
Category:CBC Television original programming
Category:1950s Canadian children's television series
Category:1958 Canadian television series debuts
Category:1958 Canadian television series endings